Despite years of progress on the gender pay gap, the difference in pay between women and men is still wide — it now stands at more than 10 per cent — and it threatens to become ever wider under…Read more…
Seeing red
Unite has helped to launch the third edition of Show Racism the Red Card’s (SRtRC) ‘Wear Red’ day (WRD) – by hosting an event in a packed room at their HQ in Holborn (September 4). This year,…Read more…
Parents ‘exploited’
There’s nothing tougher than being a young working parent in the UK today. Young people are overrepresented in the lowest paid sectors such as retail, hospitality, and private sector health…Read more…
‘Human catastrophe’
The treatment of disabled people under the Tories is a “human catastrophe” the United Nations has said. In a damning indictment, the UN Committee on the rights of disabled people said that…Read more…
Never forget
On the morning of August 23 1791, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, there was blood on the ground and liberation in the air. It is 226 years since a group of African slaves – known as…Read more…
Fair play?
As the season opens we ask is racism still an issue in UK football? And with only two black managers in the football league, Unite believes football must provide greater opportunity for BAEM workers….Read more…
‘Appalling treatment’
HGV drivers employed by the Co-op at its West Thurrock distribution depot have begun balloting for industrial action over the ‘appalling treatment’ of their disabled colleagues. The workers,…Read more…
‘This disgraceful gap’
“Huge gaps” remain between the living standards of different ethnic groups, new research shows. An average Bangladeshi household makes £8,900 less than a white British one, while a typical…Read more…
Women lose out
Gender segregation within Scotland’s flagship Modern Apprenticeships (MA) programme is increasing, new figures reveal. Out of the 50 MA roles analysed by Scottish Labour, women made up less…Read more…
‘Moral responsibility’
Despite all the talk of equal opportunity for disabled people, I have to ask is this really the case? Are they really given opportunities in the workplace or the same possibilities to attend sporting…Read more…
Clear our names
This week (July 24) marks the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexual acts between men aged over 21. While the 1967 sexual offences act was a momentous step forward for LGBT…Read more…
‘Love is love…’
More than 40,000 people attended a Unite-sponsored Gay Pride celebration in Hull – 2017 City of Culture – on Saturday. Unite provided £17,000 for the festival, which included a massive parade…Read more…
Take our equality survey and you could win a free holiday
Last year nearly 5,000 UNISON members took part in our equality survey. Take part this year and you might win a holiday.
The article Take our equality survey and you could win a free holiday first…Read more…
M&S ‘equal pay for equal work’ row
Deliveries to Marks and Spencer food stores in London and the south east will be disrupted if a strike over ‘equal pay for equal work’ at Hemel Hempstead goes ahead, Unite, the country’s largest…Read more…
Pride and joy
For me personally attending pride events is vital, not only because you have the time of your life partying alongside people of every race, gender and sexual orientation but also because you get to…Read more…
Know someone who goes ‘above and beyond’ for Black members?
Nominations are open now for UNISON’s Nelson Mandela Award 2018
The article Know someone who goes ‘above and beyond’ for Black members? first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Help UNISON campaign for equality
Take the UNISON equality survey – you could win three nights for two people at Croyde Bay Holiday Resort
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Are dads missing out?
A policy to help men take parental leave is failing because new fathers cannot afford to take time off with their children, campaigners have warned. The two-year-old policy allows parents to…Read more…
‘No credible link’
Radical action must be taken to overhaul Britain’s system of corporate governance, a committee of MPs has recommended in a report published today (April 5). Among its many recommendations, the…Read more…
A life without limits
They call autism the hidden disability and for some it is even hidden from themselves. Unite workplace rep Ceri Wright, from Wales, was one of those people. The 36-year-old began to suspect…Read more…